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(My first check ballot for Adventure and Alternate Universe only
included the first twenty-five stories. My apologies. Here's the full
check ballot for Alternate Universe.)

Check Ballots for Main Category Genres: Alternate Universe: General

Pick Your Battles (550): Aliana
URL: http://aliana1.livejournal.com/30471.html
Teen, Reason for Rating: Language, adult themes.
Romance Partners: n/a
A quasi-postmodern riff on a few hours in the Houses of Healing during
the Siege of Minas Tirith. A spinoff of "Fallen," a longer (and more
traditional) work in progress.

Only Eyes to See (710): ChristineX
URL: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2901235/1/Only_Eyes_to_See
Mature, Reason for Rating: Rated for some violence, sensuality, and
dark themes, as well as nonconsensual sex.
Romance Partners: Witch-king/f
Sarah falls into Middle Earth and ends up captured by the Lord of the
Nazgûl. Unfortunately, it just gets worse from there. But will her
presence in that world change its history forever?

When Day is Done (23): Dana
URL: http://the-danamark.livejournal.com/178364.html
Teen, Reason for Rating: There are some depictions of violence in the
story.
Romance Partners: N/A
In which we find out what would happen if Merry and Pippin went to
Mordor with Frodo, instead of Sam; and yet things have not all changed
so drastically as they might.

Resurrection (265): Dwimordene
URL: http://www.henneth-annun.net/stories/chapter.cfm?stid=6781
General, Reason for Rating: N/A
Romance Partners: N/A
Sometimes foresight is false. After Pelennor, the new lease on life is
but the beginning.

Halbarad, Aragorn, and the journey towards healing. AU.

Five Things That Never Happened to Theodred and Boromir (545): EdorasLass
URL: http://edoraslass.livejournal.com/50649.html
Mature, Reason for Rating: Dark themes, character death, possibly
disturbing images
Romance Partners: Theodred/Boromir
Five snippets of "what if"s for Theodred/Boromir

Crossroads of Time (382): Ellie
URL: http://www.scribeoz.com/fanfic/story.php?no=1229
Teen, Reason for Rating: Violence, suggestive situations
Romance Partners: Glorfindel/OFC, Tuor/Idril
A pupil of Elrond's from another world and time is faced with the
opportunity and plenty of incentive to change Arda's past, but finds
herself becoming a part of it instead. Glorfindel figures prominently
in this.Takes place in Gondolin.

The princess from the sea : a Gondorian fairy-tale (652): Fawsley
URL: http://community.livejournal.com/sons_of_gondor/381292.html
General, Reason for Rating: N/A
Romance Partners: n/a
Even as far away as the little castle by the sea, word has come that
the Steward of Gondor is seeking a bride. Can a princess from distant
Dol Amroth conquer both the long journey and the Steward's heart? AU
fairy-tale.

The Blue Book of Bilbo Baggins, or, Tales of the Forbidden
Silmarillion (195): Gandalfs apprentice/Greywing CoAuthors
URL: http://www.henneth-annun.net/stories/chapter.cfm?stid=6649
Teen, Reason for Rating: Implied sex, including slash. Nothing overt.
Romance Partners: Beren/Luthien, Idril/Tuor, Aragorn/Arwen
If you've read Tyellas's "Lost in the Translation," you know that
Bilbo wrote another book, covered in blue, that he did not pass on to
Frodo for some very specific reasons. This story explains what
happened to this mysterious volume, and even better...has excerpts
from the forbidden stories. You know you want to read it. Illustrated
by Greywing

Debbie Does The Two Towers (747): GypsieRose
URL: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/1268341/1/Debbie_Does_The_Two_Towers
Teen, Reason for Rating: Much sexual innuendo, but no explicit scenes.
Romance Partners: OFC/Everybody
The ultimate parody self-insertion is back to save Middle-Earth! So
many cute guys, so little time ...

Prince of Winter (93): jastaelf
URL: http://www.storiesofarda.com/chapterview.asp?sid=5040&cid=20518
Teen, Reason for Rating: There is a small, somewhat oblique reference
in passing to persons of the opposite sex probably engaged in more
than cuddling; they definitely engage in some uncalled-for meanness of
spirit. The possible activity is very non-specific, but it is better
to be safe than sorry. Also, Saeros employs a mild epithet in Sindarin
that is translated at the end; some folks might not want young'uns
reading such a word without their knowledge, hence the PG-13 rating.
Romance Partners: N/A
Sorrow, joy, and realization mingle in Lothlórien as Legolas
celebrates his first Winter Solstice since his release from Dol
Guldur... Pre-War of the Rings AU set in the Dark Leaf universe.

Wherever the Surge May Sweep (579): sparkofire
URL: http://docs.google.com/View?docid=dg6vrhdf_5dbzfpr
Teen, Reason for Rating: There is some violence and very mild innuendo
about a same-sex relationship, as well as, romance between Aragorn and
Arwen.
Romance Partners: n/a
In a much darker Middle-earth than the one we know, Legolas is forced
to take drastic measures in order to save Estel. Stretching from the
destruction of Greenwood to the Council of Elrond, this sweeping AU
examines what could have happened if the elves had made a terrible
mistake.





SubCategory: Genres: Alternate Universe: Gondor or Rohan

Soap (552): Aliana
URL: http://aliana1.livejournal.com/34017.html
Teen, Reason for Rating: Language, violence, adult themes.
Romance Partners: OMC/OFC
Death, denial, sushi dates, air raids, and Ayn Rand--just another day
during the Siege of Minas Tirith. A spinoff of "Fallen," a longer (and
more traditional) work in progress.

Subdivisions (551): Aliana
URL: http://aliana1.livejournal.com/42713.html
Teen, Reason for Rating: Language, adult themes.
Romance Partners: n/a
The good people of Minas Tirith deal with Starbucks, tourism,
pedagogy, Haradric cuisine, and the day-to-day, twenty years after the
end of the War of the Ring. A spinoff to "Fallen," a longer work in
progress.

The Turn of the Tide (72): Altariel
URL: http://www.tolkienfanfiction.com/Story_Read_Head.php?STid=731
General, Reason for Rating: N/A
Romance Partners: Eowyn/Faramir
Éowyn in the Houses of Healing. A short AU.

Letter to Frodo (540): AmandaK
URL:
http://www.mooncross.com/fiction.plaza/lordoftherings/lettertofrodo.html
General, Reason for Rating: n/a
Romance Partners: n/a
Boromir longs to asks Frodo's forgiveness but the hobbit is gone from
Middle-earth forever. Faramir helps his brother to attain closure.
Ties in with my Boromir!Lives AU "The Long Road Home" but can be read
separately.

Those Darned Socks! (188): AmandaK
URL:
http://www.mooncross.com/fiction.plaza/lordoftherings/darnedsocks.html
General, Reason for Rating: N/A
Romance Partners: N/A
During a quiet evening at home, Boromir watches Nîneth perform a
menial task. The sight of a simple tool brings back painful memories.
Missing scene from my AU-novel "The Long Road Home" and part of the
sock!trilogy which also includes Edoraslass's "A Useful Skill" and "A
Thankless Task".

Fruition (7): EdorasLass
URL: http://community.livejournal.com/sons_of_gondor/371588.html
Mature, Reason for Rating: Very dark with themes of manipulation;
character death
Romance Partners: n/a
Thorongil is accused of accosting Finduilas; to defend his honour, he
must duel Denethor.

Morocet's return (650): Fawsley
URL: http://community.livejournal.com/rugbytackle/745248.html
Teen, Reason for Rating: Aragorn swears a bit.
Romance Partners: N/A
As a child, Faramir had more than one encounter with the fearsome
pirate Morocet, last of the Black Númenóreans. Years later, the last
thing he expects is for his adversary to return once more. AU
involving alive!Boromir.

The haunting of Minas Tirith (651): Fawsley
URL: http://community.livejournal.com/rugbytackle/916397.html
Teen, Reason for Rating: Ghostly Hallowe'en happenings.
Romance Partners: N/A
It's Hallowe'en night in Minas Tirith, and strange noises are coming
from the Houses of the Dead. Could the dead really be walking again or
is there a more down-to-earth (with a bump!) explanation? AU involving
alive!Boromir.

And Not To Yield (117): Lady Marshy
URL: http://ladymarshy.livejournal.com/1999.html
Mature, Reason for Rating: Because it includes two deaths (of canon
characters, who I know many readers are attached to). They are both
executions, neither of them described in explicit detail, and other
deaths and violence are recounted, tho' again not explicitly. It is a
very bleak and unhappy AU. And a very popular canon character is
revealed at the very end to be the absolute villain of the piece.
Romance Partners: Faramir / Eomer
What if somebody did take the Ring at Amon Hen? What if the King did
return to the White City, but the Ring came with him? And what can one
man do when all hope has gone?



The Captain and the King (738): plasticChevy
URL: http://h.t.ioki.tripod.com/lotr/Captain1.htm
Mature, Reason for Rating: Violence - torture depicted (not graphic,
but visible), some amount of gore.
Romance Partners: N/A
Saruman believes Isildur's Heir is carrying the Ring, so he sends his
orcs to capture the Men of the Fellowship. Aragorn and Boromir are
taken prisoner at Parth Galen and brought to Isengard, where their
companions must rescue them before the White Wizard forces Aragorn to
betray Frodo and the Ring. From this point, Tolkien's familiar tale
unfolds, with Boromir woven back into the tapestry of events that lead
to the fall of Sauron and the return of the King.



SubCategory: Genres: Alternate Universe: Incomplete

No Man's Child (198): Anoriath
URL: http://www.storiesofarda.com/chapterlistview.asp?SID=4835
Teen, Reason for Rating: Mature themes.
Romance Partners: Aragorn/Arwen/OFC
Aragorn, Dúnadan, little is told of the Dúnedain of the North in the
tale of the twilight of the Third Age. The fate of your House lies
instead to the south, this hope you have planted as a seed within your
heart. You till its ground and water it well o'er the long stretch of
years. But your folk, the last and ragged men of Arnor long bereft of
kingdom and throne, do they not have equal claim? And when their need
can be met by no other, shall then the intellect of the mind overrides
the intuition of the heart? When hope withers in the winter of
approaching night, shall you deem it an act of courage or cowardice to
foreswear the word you had given in its spring?

The Blessing (235): Golden/Pearl Took CoAuthors
URL: http://www.storiesofarda.com/chapterlistview.asp?SID=5354
Teen, Reason for Rating: There are descriptions of loss of control of
bodily functions due to illness. There is a scene about contemplated
suicide.
Romance Partners: N/A
Tolkien has Pippin suffering no permanent damage from the troll
falling on him - but what if he had? How would Pippin, Merry, Frodo
and Sam handle it? This story will explore that possibility. The idea
for this story is Golden's, who is an Occupational Therapist, and is
being written by Pearl Took, who sits at home and writes *L*. We are
working together to bring this story to life.

O, Cruel Fate (58): Greywing
URL:
http://www.henneth-annun.net/stories/chapter_view.cfm?stid=6435&SPOrdinal=1
Teen, Reason for Rating: Gender confusion and struggles with sexual
identity. Oddly enough, this has nothing to do with homosexuality.
Also, mild (but never explicit) violence and a somewhat sadistic main
character.
Romance Partners: N/A
A timorous botanist is whisked unceremoniously into Middle Earth-- in
the form of the studliest elf to ever walk the face of Arda. A story
of utter chaos resulting from one small accident. Featuring irritated
(and incompetent) Valar, fainting ellith, unscrupulous healers, and a
completely clueless Cirdan.

Taken (791): iorhael
URL: http://www.storiesofarda.com/chapterlistview.asp?SID=1106
Mature, Reason for Rating: This story is rated mature for the
violence. This is not slash and there is no sex scene in it.
Romance Partners: N/A
An AU horror/mystery. Frodo was a second too late to take the Ring off
his finger when he first put it on at the Pony. Not only was the Eye
able to see him but it also took a part of Frodo's spirit hostage.

This is my second fic ever. It's violent and so unlike my other
stories here. Be warned.

Lords of Gondor (154): Linaewen
URL: http://www.henneth-annun.net/stories/chapter.cfm?stid=4815
Teen, Reason for Rating: Contains some battle descriptions and
"medical" scenes involving blood, not overly graphic; also includes
some character death.
Romance Partners: N/A
How might things have been different if Boromir had not died upon Amon
Hen? What might the tale be like with a living Boromir back in the
thick of things? This tale answers such questions, as the story
follows Boromir alive, doing what it takes to return to Gondor.

Changing the Past (639): mistycracraft
URL: http://www.storiesofarda.com/chapterlistview.asp?SID=4748
Teen, Reason for Rating: There are some scenes depicting battles
against orcs and some minor violence.
Romance Partners: N/A
If you had the chance to travel back into your past and prevent a
tragedy, to save a loved one, would you do it? What else would change
as a result? Aragorn, Elladan and Elrohir are given that chance. What
will they change, and how will that affect the history of Middle-earth?

The Steward's Tale (739): plasticChevy
URL: http://h.t.ioki.tripod.com/lotr/Steward1.htm
Mature, Reason for Rating: Violence, moderately graphic medical gore,
orcs eating human flesh.
Romance Partners: N/A
Aragorn leaves Gondor in his Steward's care while he travels west, and
Boromir falls into a new kind of darkness from which he must rescue
himself without the help of his king. Sequel to "The Captain and the
King".

In Aragorn's Safekeeping: Life in the King's House (416): Radbooks
URL: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3066150/1/
Teen, Reason for Rating: Romance, but nothing graphic. Angst
Romance Partners: OMC/OFC
This is the epilogue to 'In Aragorn's Safekeeping'. Rebecca and
Thomas, two teenagers from the 1950s, have settled in as Aragorn's
adopted children and now all of them are making adjustments as they
begin their lives in Minas Tirith after the War of the Ring.

Lamentable Tidings (742): rhyselle
URL: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3277230/1/Lamentable_Tidings
Mature, Reason for Rating: Vivid description of plot-driven torture,
and significant physical and psychological trauma to a main character
in the course of interrogation.
Romance Partners: N/A
Gen. Alternate Universe. Dark. Grievous news comes to the Steward.
Faramir has been taken by the Nazgul in Ithilien when enroute to Minas
Tirith after setting Frodo, Sam and Gollum on their way from the
Refuge at Henneth Annun, and his fate is dark indeed, as he is taken
first to Minas Morgul and thence to the master of the Nazgul. Boromir
has survived Amon Hen with honor intact (if battered a bit), and joins
Aragorn and the Grey Company as they ride for Pelargir and the Corsair
fleet. Chapter 8 posted. The Lull before the Seige of Minas Tirith.



SubCategory: Genres: Alternate Universe: The Shire or Buckland

Riders to the Sea (158): claudia6032000
URL: http://community.livejournal.com/waymeet/45844.html
General, Reason for Rating: N/A
Romance Partners: N/A
Wandering in the Shire, Frodo comes upon an injured Ranger.

Turned Earth (26): Dana
URL: http://the-danamark.livejournal.com/161184.html
Teen, Reason for Rating: There are depictions of violence (and some
blood and gore) in this story.
Romance Partners: Sam/Rose, Merry/Pippin
There's a rot in the air and in the ground. Hobbit zombies in the
Shire (I kid you not).

Go Out in Joy (145): Larner
URL: http://www.storiesofarda.com/chapterlistview.asp?SID=5255
Teen, Reason for Rating: Discusses death and dying and possibly
disturbing scenes. Includes the agony of Frodo Baggins.
Romance Partners: Sam/Rosie; Merry/Estella; Frodo/Original Character
AU. What if--if Frodo had chosen at the last not to leave the Shire?
What if he learned he'd been nowhere as capable at hiding the fact he
was deteriorating emotionally and physically as he'd thought, and now
he must face his family in what are possibly his last days?


Deals with death and dying.


Elements: Dreams of the Dead, Visions of the Living (202):
pipkinsweetgrass
URL: http://www.storiesofarda.com/chapterlistview.asp?SID=5336
General, Reason for Rating: N/A
Romance Partners: n/a
After the Ring War Pippin begins to carve wooden figurines of the
Fellowship. Little by little, as each figurine takes shape, more and more
is revealed to Pippin and to Merry. Borrowing heavily from Leaf by Niggle,
this story will take you on a spiritual journey of choices and sacrifices
inspired by Faramir's words: "O Boromir! What did she say to you, the Lady
that dies not? What did she see? What woke in your heart then?" Canon
death of characters.

Force of Nature (360): shirebound
URL: http://www.storiesofarda.com/chapterlistview.asp?SID=3685
General, Reason for Rating: N/A
Romance Partners: N/A
A "Quarantined" sequel. Aragorn finds that he needs assistance from
Frodo, young Merry, and Scamp to locate a Ranger lost in the Old
Forest. But the rescue has an unexpected outcome -- the trees have a
message for Aragorn, and a strange accident makes Frodo the only one
who can deliver it. Characters also include Bilbo and Halbarad.

Reflections of the Past (359): shirebound
URL: http://www.storiesofarda.com/chapterlistview.asp?SID=1221
General, Reason for Rating: N/A
Romance Partners: N/A
Sequel to "QUARANTINED". A new addition to Bag End brings unexpected
delight for tweenaged Frodo, minor headaches for young Sam, and the
discovery of an artifact from the First Age that astonishes Aragorn.

When the King Comes Back (361): shirebound
URL: http://www.storiesofarda.com/chapterlistview.asp?SID=4722
General, Reason for Rating: N/A
Romance Partners: N/A
A "Quarantined" sequel. Frodo and Aragorn are injured in an explosion,
leaving Bilbo, Halbarad, and the Gamgees with some unexpected
challenges and decisions. Minor angst, fluff, puppies... the usual!